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In The Event of A Serious Illness or Injury On Campus, Immediately Call Public Safety or Call The Ambulance

This document provides steps for giving first aid to someone who has suffered a head injury: 1. Lay the victim down gently without moving their head or neck too much. Keep them calm and safe from further danger. 2. Apply firm pressure to any wounds or bleeding to stop bleeding, unless a skull fracture is suspected. Check that the victim is still breathing and has a pulse. 3. Monitor the victim's alertness and cognition every two hours by checking that they know what's happening, even if they sleep between checks. After giving first aid, call 911 immediately for any head or neck injury.

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In The Event of A Serious Illness or Injury On Campus, Immediately Call Public Safety or Call The Ambulance

This document provides steps for giving first aid to someone who has suffered a head injury: 1. Lay the victim down gently without moving their head or neck too much. Keep them calm and safe from further danger. 2. Apply firm pressure to any wounds or bleeding to stop bleeding, unless a skull fracture is suspected. Check that the victim is still breathing and has a pulse. 3. Monitor the victim's alertness and cognition every two hours by checking that they know what's happening, even if they sleep between checks. After giving first aid, call 911 immediately for any head or neck injury.

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In the event of a serious illness or injury on campus, immediately call Public Safety or

call the ambulance. Any kind of head injury needs to be checked out by a doctor
immediately.

But IF you suspect a head injury you have to give the victim first aid to stop the
bleeding.

Here are the steps on what to do when someone has a head injury.

FIRST. You have to lay them down. (PAUSE)


You want to keep them still. (PAUSE)
You don't want to move the neck or the head too much.

So, lay them down. Try not to touch them.

SECOND. Keep them calm.


Keep them safe.
If you're in a dangerous situation obviously you want to get them out of the
dangerous situation because you don't want to be in more danger.

THIRD. If there are any open wounds or bleeding in the head make sure to Apply firm
pressure to the wound with sterile gauze or a clean cloth to stop the bleeding.
But don't apply direct pressure to the wound if you suspect a skull fracture.
(TRISHA)

FOURTH. You want to check to make sure that they are still breathing. That they still
have a pulse. If you can't get to a doctor right away you need to stay with
that person until you can. (ARIANE)

FIFTH. You need to check their cognition every two hours. Check their alertness. They
can sleep. I know that there's an old wives tale that says don't let them fall
asleep. But they can sleep. They can rest. Sometimes that helps them.

A good rule of thumb every two hours is to check their alertness and make
sure that they are still cognition of what's going on.

After giving the first aid to the victim, the best thing to do for any kind of
head injury or neck injury is call 911.

Get help right away.

Make sure nothing else is going on. Make sure there's no further damage
anywhere else. And you want to get help quickly.

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